Modern day Dallas is a lot like how I remember California back in the 80's.
Only part of TX with a California feel to me is the Hill Country plus Austin and San Antonio. In general it’s pretty liberal by TX standards. Dallas is a very dynamic place with a booming economy but it doesn’t do it for me, can’t quite put my finger on why.
You missed it. I lived in SoCal in the late fifties and early to mid sixties. It was really nice. Joined the Army in '66.
When I went back in '80 after getting my discharge I got chased out of a convenience store by Mexicans in my own home town. There was Mexican gang graffiti everywhere.
When I went back again for a HS reunion they couldn't even hold it in the same town - too dangerous. The old campus, once open, was surrounded with 8ft chain link fences topped with razor wire and we were warned not to stop or get out of our car.